Scott Baradell edits and contributes to Black Star Rising. A former newspaper journalist and executive for Belo Corp., Scott is an accomplished brand strategist who leads the Dallas-based Idea Grove agency. He has nearly two decades of experience working closely with professional photographers, both as a journalist and as a corporate photography buyer. He has consulted for Black Star since 2006.

EPUK, the organization for editorial photographers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, posted its 2006 Golden Sureshot Awards today — which take humorous shots at numerous industry targets.

EPUK’s most merciless criticism is of Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images, who received the “Black Hole Award for Disservices to Professional Photographers”:

The judges commented: “Where to begin? Economists like to say that when America sneezes the world catches cold; we say when Jonathan Klein breaks wind the photo industry chokes … Getty’s superb year was doubtless appreciated by their stockholders, who were rewarded with a drop in the share price from slightly over $90 at the beginning of the year to just over $41 at year’s close.